Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves from an Infinitely Long Magnetized Cylindrical Plasma

Abstract

The magnetically contained plasma is characterized, in an average way, in terms of its macroscopic dielectric tensor. The problem of the scattering of plane electromagnetic waves from a uniform cylindrically symmetric plasma configuration is solved analytically. Numerical results for the uniform case are obtained and graphed for interesting ranges of the parameters involved. Possible applications of the results for use in investigating the plasma's properties are discussed.